"slip coach" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slip coaches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slip coach (plural slip coaches)
  1. (rail transport) A coach at the end of a long-distance train which carries passengers for an intermediate destination and is decoupled or "slipped" and left behind. (In bygone times the decoupling was done on the move; the rest of the train did not stop.) Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: slip carriage Translations (coach at the end of a long-distance train which carries passengers for an intermediate destination): cóiste inscoite [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-slip_coach-en-noun-4NEexplX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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